Toy



TOY

May 10, 1938. T, J, BELL 2,117,133

Filed Jan. 4, 1938 vQmasz ww y ATTORNEYS Patented May 10, 1938 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE TOY Thelma J. Bell, Baltimore, Md.

Application January 4, 1938, Serial No. 183,356

4 Claims.

tion for creating a sound simulating an owl call the box whereby therotation of the latter will be in one direction and then in a reversedirection and may be rotated at different rates of speed, the box beingprovided with openings and lips arr anged in accordance with the presentinvention to produce the sound simulating an owls cry or call.

With vention these and other objects in view, this inconsists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure l is a vertical sectional View illustrating atoy constructed in accordance with my invention.

meral I indicates a sound box constructed from any material suitable forthe purpose and consists of an annular wall 2 and side walls 3.

The side walls 3 have cord receiving openings 4 arranged substantiallycentrally thereof. Ends of cords 5 are passed through the openings 4'and tied in knots on the inside of the box. The ends of the cords beingfastened to the box as described pro vide in each cord a pair of runsthereto and connected with said cords are finger pieces 6. The cords arewound upon themselves by holding the finger pieces 6 and rotating thesound box in the arc of a circle. After the cords have been wound, asshown in Figure 1, the box may be caused to rotate first in onedirection and then in the opposite direction by pulling on the fingerpieces away from each other and gradually permitting other.

the finger pieces to move towards each The ends of the cords beingknotted within the sound box will bring about closing of the openings 4when the cords are drawn taut during the operation of the toy to preventthe entrance of air into the box by way of said openings 4.

In order to facilitate the tying of the ends of the cords in knotswithin the box the latter is constructed of companion sections which maybe separated at the periphery of the box and when said sections areassembled they tightly fit each other to prevent entrance of air intothe box where said sections join.

The side walls of the box are provided with sound producing openings 1located in close proximity to the periphery of the box and it ispreferable that the openings of each side wall 3 be oppositely disposedto each other and the openings of one of the side walls being arrangedout of alignment with the openings of the other side wall. The walls 3inwardly of said openings and in the direction of the axis of rotationof the box are offset outwardly to form substantially cup-shaped lips orflanges 8. The outer edges of the flanges form a portion of the walls ofthe sound openings. The lips or flanges cooperate with the soundopenings in producing a sound during the rotation of the sound box whichsimulates a sound of an owl, that is, the sound produced will havevariable qualities. It has been discovered by a series of experimentsthat this toy emits a basic or fundamental note when revolving slowly.As the speed of the toy is increased said toy successively emits, atchanging volumes or amplitudes, the various harmonic tones or over-tonesof the fundamental note, the net effect being a close simulation of thecry of an owl. This toy due to the peculiar sound made thereby will beamusing both to adults and children.

What is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising a sound box, operating elements connected to saidbox for rotating the latter at variable speeds, said box having soundopenings, and rigid means on said box and cooperating with the openingsduring the rotation of said box at variable speeds to produce a soundhaving a fixed basic note with over-tones which change with the speed ofrotation.

2. A toy comprising a sound box including an annular wall and opposedside walls provided with sound openings located in close proximity tosaid annular wall, operating elements which rotate the box at variablespeeds connected to" formed on said side walls and including edges ofthe sound openings to cooperate with the latter in producing a soundhaving a fixed basic note with over-tones which change with the speed ofrotation.

3. A toy comprising a sound box including an annular wall and opposedside walls provided with sound openings located in close proximity tosaid annular wall, operating elements which rotate the box at variablespeeds connected to said side walls adjacent to the axis of rotation ofthe box and including finger pieces, flanges formed on the side wallsand extending outwardly therefrom with edges thereof forming portions ofthe walls of the sound openings and cooperating with the THELMA J. BELL.

